Chapter 3304-5 Independent Living Services

(A)
OOD shall
provide or provide for independent living services to older individuals who are
blind (ILOB) through OOD's bureau of services for the visually impaired
(BSVI).

(B)
Individuals who are eligible for services under
independent living services for older individuals who are blind shall be any
individual who is age fifty-five or older and who has a
severe visual impairment that makes
competitive employment extremely difficult to
attain but for whom ILOB goals are feasible.

(C)
OOD shall not
discriminate against any person on the basis of age, color, national origin,
race, sex, or type of disability.

(D)
OOD shall inform
each ILOB
applicant and eligible individual about OOD's civil
rights compliance, the client assistance program, the methods of
applicant/eligible individual appeals, and
confidentiality. OOD shall also provide each applicant and
eligible individual with a copy of his or her rights and duties,
application for services and any executed consent forms.

(E)
OOD shall inform
each applicant and eligible individual that information
given to or retained by OOD is
confidential, whether it is required by law, what it is used for, and how and
why it may be released.

(F)
OOD shall
purchase services only from service providers who are licensed by the state in
which they practice, if applicable, or are accredited or certified by the
appropriate law, agency or professional organization.

(G)
OOD shall schedule
and conduct or provide for interviews for all appropriate referrals and shall
complete an assessment regarding the eligible
individual's needs and goals for independence.

(H)
Conditions for providing services.
OOD shall
provide or provide for services other than diagnostic (and needed auxiliary
services), counseling and guidance, and referral only if they are listed on the
independent living plan (ILP). OOD shall provide or provide for services on the ILP
only to enable the eligible
individual to reach or maintain the IL goal or as an auxiliary service
needed for the eligible individual to take part in those
services.

(I)
The ILP goal shall
enable the eligible individual to become more mobile and to
become more independent in his/her home and community.

(J)
An ILP shall be developed mutually
between each eligible individual and the OOD qualified independent living staff
(QILS).. The ILP shall include the following parts: